"The core module of the Chinese Space Station, Tianhe-1, will be launched in 2018, says Zhang Bainan, chief designer of crewed spacecraft at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Cooperation (CASC).

This will be followed by Tianzhou-2, a cargo and refuelling spacecraft, which will dock with and supply Tianhe-1 in low Earth orbit."

There is some confusion as to whether Tian He is launching in 2018 or 2019.

"The core module of the Chinese Space Station, Tianhe-1, will be launched in 2018, says Zhang Bainan, chief designer of crewed spacecraft at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Cooperation (CASC).

This will be followed by Tianzhou-2, a cargo and refuelling spacecraft, which will dock with and supply Tianhe-1 in low Earth orbit."

There is some confusion as to whether Tian He is launching in 2018 or 2019.

TH-1 is in final testing and there was a report a while back saying its processing is currently ahead of schedule, but they have many contingency processing days that have yet to be utilized at this point.